Bolt of lightning not needed to power this DeLorean

Stephen Wynne sells about a half-dozen new Deloreans a year that he constructs from inventory parts.

Stephen Wynne sells about a half-dozen new Deloreans a year that he...

In the movie "Back to the Future," a bolt of lightning gave a DeLorean the "1.21 gigawatts" needed to send it speeding through time. Now, a Houston-area entrepreneur and mechanic is revamping the iconic 1980s sports car into a real all-electric version.

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